Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Four O'Clocks a Host plant?, 0 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
The Great Southern White chrysalids turned more white today. (They were green color when they were morphing.) The cats do attach themselves to the side of the cage. But it is with a very flimsy silk thread. In heavy rains or winds, it would not hold up. I think they will be able to pupate just fine laying on the bottom of the cage on a paper towel. The reason I believe this .... is because of the Sulpher that pupated in my kitchen window. It was laying on a paper towel as well. I had not had the chance to hang it in the cage and it just pupated and pumped the fluid into it's wings just fine with out hanging. Though with the Monarchs and Swallowtails, I don't think their wings would expand like they should if they were NOT hanging. They are much heavier butterflies and their wings seem to be thicker. Just my observation.